C4 – AutoGuide.com Newshttp://www.autoguide.com
Thu, 17 Aug 2017 19:36:45 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6.1AutoGuide.com NewsC4 – AutoGuide.com Newshttp://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/wp-content/themes/autoguide-proper/img/logo_autoguide_red.gifhttp://www.autoguide.com
Top 10 Forbidden Fruits’ of the 2014 Paris Motor Showhttp://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2014/10/top-10-forbidden-fruits-2014-paris-motor-show.html
http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2014/10/top-10-forbidden-fruits-2014-paris-motor-show.html#commentsMon, 06 Oct 2014 12:00:55 +0000http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/?p=258644Top 10 ‘Forbidden Fruits’ of the 2014 Paris Motor ShowCar companies are pretty clever. A lot of time, research and money gets spent before a new product is created. With differences in geographical, economic and cultural climates, one vehicle that might work in country A may not work in country B. This leads to a lot of variances globally when it comes to cars... more]]>

Car companies are pretty clever. A lot of time, research and money gets spent before a new product is created.

With differences in geographical, economic and cultural climates, one vehicle that might work in country A may not work in country B. This leads to a lot of variances globally when it comes to cars and trucks.

Although we get a lot of cool cars in America, there are still some “forbidden fruits” in other lands that I wish would make the journey across the ocean. Cars that for one reason or another have been deemed as too risky to be sold on our shores, even though my irrational, inner enthusiast wants to drive them so badly.

During the Paris Motor Show, I was surrounded by them and I felt weaker than Tiger Woods in Amsterdam’s Red Light District. Peugeots, Renaults, diesels, wagons and more; they were everywhere! After wiping the drool off of these fast foreign beauties, I pulled out my camera and made a top ten list of the cars at the 2014 Paris Motor Show I wish were available in North America.

]]>http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2014/10/top-10-forbidden-fruits-2014-paris-motor-show.html/feed1more]]>Commute, Toy or Destroy C1 Corvette vs. C4 Corvette vs. C5 Corvettehttp://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2013/08/commute-toy-or-destroy-c1-corvette-vs-c4-corvette-vs-c5-corvette.html
http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2013/08/commute-toy-or-destroy-c1-corvette-vs-c4-corvette-vs-c5-corvette.html#commentsSat, 31 Aug 2013 16:00:29 +0000http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/?p=212734Commute, Toy or Destroy – C1 Corvette vs. C4 Corvette vs. C5 CorvetteWe are back with this week’s instalment of AutoGuide’s interactive weekly feature ‘Commute, Toy or Destroy’. Once again, we present to you, our faithful readers, a choice of three vehicles. We are asking you to decide which one you would make your daily driver, which one would bring home the trophies from the track or... more]]>

We are back with this week’s instalment of AutoGuide’s interactive weekly feature ‘Commute, Toy or Destroy’.

Once again, we present to you, our faithful readers, a choice of three vehicles. We are asking you to decide which one you would make your daily driver, which one would bring home the trophies from the track or concourse, and which one should be turned into a fibreglass plant bed.

Remember, that commuter car you must live with every day, all year around. The toy would be only available to you for occasional use on weekends or holidays, and the final car is best forgotten about in a junkyard.

This week we continue the theme from last week and offer up three more generations of Corvettes. First, we have the Corvette that started it all, the C1. Next, is the C4 Corvette that brought with it a modern shape and performance in the 1980s. Finally, there is the C5 Corvette that returned to Le Mans and won it for the General.

Chevrolet Corvette C1

What hasn’t already been said about this car? It is the first Corvette ever and began a lineage that has spanned over 60 years. Available initially with only an inline-six cylinder engine and automatic transmission, the Corvette finally got a power bump from a small block V8 in 1955. Right before this generation was retired, the ‘Vette received four rear taillights, a design theme ever since (okay, the C7 has squares…but you get the idea)

Chevrolet Corvette C4

After skipping model year 1983, the C4 debuted in 1984 with styling that was a major departure from the C3. The squarer, wedgey shape has become the iconic look for modern Corvettes and the C5 and C6 were designed along the same general theme. The C4 came in many special edition models like the Grand Sport, but none were mightier than the DOHC V8 ZR-1.

Chevrolet Corvette C5

The C5 was introduced with an all-new Chevrolet small block V8. As impressive as this new 345 hp LS1 engine was, it was in 2001 when the Corvette received some serious performance. The Z06 was (re)born with a LS6 V8 that by 2004 was pumping out a very healthy 405 hp. Some of the performance pieces designed for the Z06 were created from lessons learned during the Corvette’s many Le Mans victories.